The Halfway Homestead

Lost our Bees, The Flag, our heart. Dailyish Thoughts 004

Our bee hive is dead and our heart is heavy.

We call this series the Dailyish Thoughts because it  is whatever is going on in our heart and mind at the time. With that said I’m going to be honest, this episode is kind of a downer. To start with our bee hive was attacked by another hive. Being first time bee keepers we did not notice when it was happening and therefore were not able to intervene. All of the resources they had built up was robbed and our hive was killed off.  Now there are some things we could have done if we saw the attack happening. Something as simple as a single piece of wood over the hive entrance with only enough space for two bees to get through might have saved the day. Overall the loss is tremendous as it feels like failure. We know that first year beekeepers fail often, but we wanted to be better. The bees are a major benefit and we WILL do it again next year. Its just our heart aches for the loss. It would have been nice to have the first year be successful and build on that.

The Flag is used as a scapegoat for our hearts.

On to the second part of this series we get into the topic of the current trend of kneeling for the National Anthem instead of standing and what is really going on the way I see it. I try very hard to critically think about what is happening in the news and see if it actually moves the barometer of what is happening in my life. If something does not effect me or my family directly I try to avoid it all together. This item though does seem to effect me in that folks I would call family are feeling pain on both sides of this issue. So I try to address what I think is going on, and how I try to deal with it within my circle of influence. This was a tough one, I look forward to your thoughts. Thanks for watching or listening.

Building community, intentionally. Dailyish Thoughts 0002

Welcome back Homesteaders! Today we talk about why it is so important to live intentionally and in doing so to build community.

Two years ago when we lived in the city we shared a small townhouse community with over 100 other families. In the four years we lived there we really truly got to know 3 of them. When we decided to move to the country we intentionally aimed to change that. We set out to get to know, on an individual basis, our close neighbors and those in our greater community.

The reasons we did this are fleshed out more completely in the video but the basic idea is that we felt there was something missing in our day to day life. We had plenty of folks we knew of, just very few that we truly knew. The kind of “knowing” that when someone is in need you know it before they even tell you. How can we possibly care for others when we dont know them? How can we share their successes and shortcomings?  We are meant to be part of something larger than our individual families. This is not to say to forgo your family in search of some other group! This is more along the lines of bring your family to others, share your life with them on more than a cursory level, be there when they need you before they even ask if possible.  Hope you enjoy and we would love your feedback and thoughts!

 

We got a new video series and would like your input! Dailyish Thoughts 0001

Wow it has been awhile! This summer has flown by so quickly! Time to get back to dailyish updates!

We have been missing out on content creation and we are aiming to fix that! This is the start of a new video series were we are hoping to try to capture some small piece of what is going on in our life on a “dailyish” basis. The ups and the downs. The blog posts will be relatively short as we don’t want to bore you with reading when you can watch. That said do keep an eye out as we have another surprise coming soon regarding this series. If you like what you see, or dont, or have suggestions or questions, leave a comment below! We would love to hear from you!